This was a point I sort of brought up a while back about how the game commission is handling things. If you drive through state gameland areas you will notice most often that you can see for hundreds of yards up through the woods. Or, all you'll see is pine and hemlock overtaking the areas because what was cut was just the hardwood. In either scenerio, deer don't tend to spend a lot of time in these areas. Even though I hunt well managed private ground, I still single out the thicker areas where there is a lot of saplings, brush and so forth. These areas seem to hold more deer and is usually where I find the bigger bucks. Guess what the deer on game lands do? Move to areas more suitable to their needs.

There is not enough cutting of game lands to promote regeneration. Someone on here made a very good statement at one point saying that we have tree huggers trying to protect the old growth forest, which most likely encompasses a large amount of game lands. This is not doing the deer, hunters or timber industry economy any good. The deer don't have food or cover, the hunters don't see the deer because they moved to greener pastures and good trees that could be used for lumber are left to stand and rot to the ground rendering them useless.